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THE 

GARRICK    CLUB 

NOTICES  OF   ONE    HUNDRED 

AND     THIRTY-FIVE     OF     ITS 

FORMER    MEMBERS 


BY 

THE  REV.  R.  H.  BARHAM 

AUTHOR  OF   "the  INGOLDSBY  LEGENDS  " 


fFITH  FACSIMILE   OF  THE  ORIGINAL  MS. 


PRINTED    PRIVATELY 
1896 


£1 


PREFACE 

Of  the  Old  Garrick  Club  established  in  1831 
Canon  Barham  was  one  of  the  original  members, 
and  for  many  years  served  on  the  Club  Com- 
mittee. The  following  lines,  composed  by  the 
author  of  "  The  Ingoldsby  Legends,"  and  set  as 
a  glee  by  Mr.  Hawes,  were  sung  at  the  opening 
dinner : — 

On  the  Establishment  of  the  Garrick  Club. 

Let  poets  of  superior  parts 

Consign  to  deathless  fame 
The  larceny  of  the  'Knave  of  Hearts, 

Who  spoiled  his  Royal  Dame. 

Alack !  my  timid  Muse  would  quail 

Before  such  thievish  cubs, 
But  plumes  a  joyous  wing  to  hail 

Thy  birth,  fair  Queen  of  Clubs  I 


PREFACE 

The  Garrick  Club  was  established,  mainly  by 
the  exertions  of  Mr.  Frank  Mills,  with  the  design 
of  constituting  "a  society  in  which  actors  and 
men  of  education  and  refinement  might  meet  on 
equal  and  independent  terms."  The  Club  was 
intended  to  be  an  inexpensive  one,  and  conver- 
sational rather  than  culinary  excellence  was  the 
object  to  be  aimed  at.  By  the  promoting  "  easy 
intercourse  between  artists  and  patrons,  by 
raising  the  tone  of  criticism,  by  the  collection 
of  a  library  of  reference,  especially  of  scarce 
and  valuable  works  on  costume,  and  by  the 
exercise  of  a  salutary  influence  upon  authors 
as  well  as  managers  and  actors,"  it  was  hoped, 
as  was  expressed  in  the  song  commemorating 
the  origin  of  the  Club, 

"  To  bring  back  the  drama  to  glory  again  !  " 

This    little   work  is    faithfully  printed  from  a 

manuscript  volume,  of  which  the  illustration  now 
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PREFACE 

given  as  a  frontispiece  will  convey  an  idea  of  the 
size  and  general  appearance. 

The  MS.  is  well  known  to  several  admirers 
of  "  Tom  Ingoldsby,"  and  has  formed  the 
subject  of  notices  in  various  journals.  Descend- 
ants of  Canon  Barham  are  well  aware  of  the 
existence  of  the  MS.,  and  had  they  desired  to 
suppress  the  little  volume  as  injurious  to  their 
father's  reputation,  would  no  doubt  have  kept 
it  in  their  own  possession,  or  destroyed  it. 

They  have  probably  wished  that  some  day 
it  should  find  its  way  into  print  in  some 
manner  that  should  acquit  them  of  indiscretion 
in  regard  to  it,  while  affording  to  a  certain 
number  of  bibliophiles  a  literary  treat  of  no 
common  sort. 

Its  formal  publication  in  England  might  pos- 
sibly be  deemed  an  offence  against  good  taste, 
although  its  Author  has  been  deceased  for  half  a 

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century,  and  hardly  a  single  person  referred  to 
by  Canon  Barham  can  now  be  alive. 

Permission  has  therefore  been  obtained  from 
the  owner  of  the  MS.  to  reproduce  it  here,  in  an 
edition  limited  to  240  copies,  which  it  is  hoped 
will  suffice  to  preserve,  in  public  institutions 
and  the  libraries  of  literary  men,  a  curious  and 
valuable  record  of  artistic  life  in  London  sixty 
years  ago. 

New  York 

January  1896 


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Abbott,  William,  Esq. 

Of  Covent  Garden  Theatre,  a  remarkably 
pleasant  and  good-humoured  man.  Married  a 
sister  of  Mr,  Kennets,  of  Dover,  with  whom  he 
had  some  property,  but  lost  the  greater  part  of 
it  in  a  theatrical  speculation  as  manager  of  the 
Dublin  Theatre.  On  his  afterwards  going  to 
France,  I,  having  met  him  previously  at  Lord 
W.  Lennox's,  gave  him  an  introductory  letter 
to  Galignani,  through  whom  he  became  manager 
of  the  English  Company  at  Paris.  He  after- 
wards returned  to  England  and  took  the  Vic- 
toria Theatre.     Failed,  and  again  left  England. 

Abbott,  George  Washington,  Esq. 
Brother  to  the  preceding. 

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Adolphus,  John,  Esq.,  F.S.A.,  Barrister 

I  first  became  acquainted  with  Mr.  Adolphus 
at  the  Literary  Fund  Club,  where  he  afterwards 
dined  as  my  visitor  and  was  elected  a  member 
on  my  nomination,  but  owing  to  ill-health  he 
withdrew  the  following  year;  the  same  cause 
prevented  his  coming  much  to  the  Garrick,  in 
the  formation  of  which,  however,  he  took  a  part, 
and  originated  the  library,  by  proposing  that 
every  member  should  be  requested  to  give  his 
duplicate  dramatic  books.  He  was  a  man  full 
of  anecdote,  but  occasionally  very  rude,  which 
made  him,  though  a  very  eloquent,  also  a  very 
unpopular  member  at  the  Bar,  and  unquestion- 
ably prevented  his  rising  to  the  highest  rank 
in  his  profession.  He  was  the  author  of  a 
continuation  of  Hume  and  Smollet,  a  book  of 
indifferent  pretensions.  In  early  life  Mr. 
Adolphus  was  a  leading  member  of  the  Eccen- 
trics, a  debating  society  which  met  at  the 
Sutherland  Arms  in  May's  Buildings.  In  1837 
I  again  became  better  acquainted  with  him  in 
consequence  of  meeting  him  at  Bentley's,  for 
whom  he  was  engaged  to  write  the  life  of  John 
Bannister. 

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Allen,  Viscount 

Commonly  called  "  Cantankerous  Allen  "  from 
a  slight  twist  in  his  temper,  still  he  was  always 
a  well-bred,  gentlemanly  man.  Tom  Darby 
married  his  sister,  from  whom  he  afterwards 
separated,  and  there  was  a  family  quarrel  and 
lawsuit  between  him  and  his  noble  brother-in- 
law,  but  I  either  never  heard  or  have  forgotten 
the  precise  points  of  the  case.  Mrs.  Darby 
died  in  1838. 

Andrews,  Biggs,  Esq.,  Barrister 

A  remarkably  gentlemanly  as  well  as  agreeable 
man,  of  high  caste  in  his  profession.  He  did 
not  long  continue  a  member,  quitting  the  Club 
on  his  marriage  in  1834-5. 

Anstruther,  Sir  Wyndham,  Bart. 

A  regular  scamp.  Having  spent  every  shilling 
he  was  worth  while  Captain  Anstruther,  he  was 
at  dinner  on  bread  and  cheese  with  half  a  pint 
of  porter,  at  the  Brown  Bear,  a  flash  house  in 
Bow  Street,  when  he  saw  in  the  paper  the 
sudden  death  of  his  cousin,  the  young  baronet, 

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who  was  killed  by  some  accident  while  a  boy  at 
Eton.  This  event  gave  him  a  baronetcy  and 
an  entailed  estate  of  several  thousands  a  year, 
all  of  which  that  he  could  touch  he  dissipated 
in  less  than  two  years ;  and  having  joined 
with  Tom  Duncombe  and  Horace  Cleggatt,  &c., 
in  raising  ;^40,000  by  accommodation  bills, 
received  the  money  and  ran  away  to  France 
with  it,  leaving  his  friends  subject  to  all  the 
liabilities.  He  was  afterwards  outlawed,  and 
his  name  struck  off  the  list  of  the  Club  by  the 
Committee.  His  affairs  were,  I  presume,  after- 
wards arranged,  as  in  the  summer  of  1837  I 
saw  him  at  Broadstairs  and  Margate  in  com- 
pany with  Bertie  Ambrose  (son  of  the  notorious 
boxing  parson)  and  Talbot.  In  his  adversity, 
previous  to  his  accession  to  the  baronetcy,  he 
had  been  a  player  on  the  Margate  stage  at  a 
salary  of  sixteen  shillings  a  week.  He  was  a 
very  short  time  a  member  of  the  Club. 

Anglesey,   Marquess   of,   K.G.,   K.S.P., 
G.C.B.,  and  G.C.H. 

The  celebrated  marquis  who  lost  a  leg  at 
Waterloo.     Esteemed  the  best  cavalry  officer 

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in   Europe.     Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland  and 
Colonel  of  the  7th  Hussars. 

Arnold,  Samuel  James,  Esq. 

I  first  met  Mr.  Arnold  at  Hawes's,  several 
years  before  the  institution  of  the  Garrick, 
where  he  was  a  member  of  the  Committee  at 
the  same  time  with  myself.  I  saw  him  the 
morning  after  his  theatre  was  burnt  down,  by 
which  he  lost  ^60,000,  and  never  saw  a  man 
meet  misfortune  with  so  much  equanimity. 
His  new  theatre,  which  was  raised  by  sub- 
scription, completely  failed ;  and  when  Os- 
baldiston  took  Covent  Garden  and  reduced  the 
prices  to  V.  the  boxes,  in  1835  Arnold  reduced 
his  to  2d.,  but  this  did  not  succeed,  while  the 
property  was  materially  depreciated  by  the 
measure.  He  was  one  of  the  leading  members 
of  the  Beef  Steak  Club,  where  he  was  called 
the  Bishop  and  used  to  say  a  mock  (but  not 
profane)  grace  in  a  large  white  mitre.  The 
sobriquet  by  which  he  was  generally  known 
was  "Sambo."  Latterly  he  took  to  drinking 
spirits  and  water  till  he  became  quite  a  sot. 
He  was  on  the  Committee  from  the  first,  but 
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resigned  that  and  the  Club  in  1835,  soon  after 
which  he  went  abroad  from  the  deranged  state 
of  his  affairs,  and  was  living  at  Boulogne  in 
1837. 

Astley,  Sir  Jacob,  Bart.,  M.P. 

Was  defendant  in  a  crim.  con.  action  and  after- 
wards plaintiff  in  another  against  Captain 
Garth,  the  supposed  son  of  the  Princess  Sophia. 
Lady  Astley  died  in  1835  ^^  ^^^  King's  Bench, 
whither  she  had  accompanied  her  lover. 
Captain  Garth  was  proposed  as  a  member  in 
•  1838  by  Frank  Mills,  and  seconded  by  Tyrone 
Power  the  actor,  the  latter  having  pressed  him 
upon  Mills,  who  told  him  in  my  hearing  he  did 
not  think  there  were  three  people  in  London 
who  would  speak  to  him.  His  name  was 
afterwards  withdrawn,  some  of  the  Committee 
having  proposed  to  draw  lots  who  should  put 
in  a  white  ball. 

Attwood,  Thomas,  Esq. 

The  composer,  organist  and  composer  to  the 
King,   and   organist  of  St.    Paul's  Cathedral. 


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He  remained  a  member  only  the  first  year,  and 
dying  in  1838  was  buried  on  the  last  day  of 
March  in  that  year,  with  a  choir  funeral  in 
St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  aet  Tl.  Sir  G.  Smart  suc- 
ceeded him  as  composer  to  the  Queen,  and 
John  Sale  as  organist.  For  his  situation  at 
St.  Paul's  there  were  eleven  candidates,  among 
them  Adams,  George  Sale,  Sturges,  Cooper, 
Tom  Welsh, 

Aylmer,  Charles,  Esq. 

Held  a  clerkship  under  Government  at  a 
salary  of  £  1 200  or  £  1 300  a  year.  He  withdrew 
from  the  Club  in  consequence  of  an  unpleasant 
accusation,  the  truth  of  which,  however,  was 
never  established. 

Barham,  The  Rev.  R.  H. 

Cest  moi. 

Barnard,     Sir    A.     F.,     Major-General, 
K.C.B.  and  K.C.H. 

Colonel  of  the  Rifle  Brigade,  and  one  of  the 
most   finished  gentlemen   about   the  Court  of 
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George  IV.  and  William  IV.,  to  the  latter  of 
whom  he  was  Clerk-Marshal  of  the  Household. 
He  was  one  of  the  most  agreeable  men  I  ever 
knew.  Lived,  when  I  first  became  acquainted 
with  him  (which  I  did  through  Cannon),  in  the 
Albany,  afterwards  in  Wilton  Crescent,  On  the 
death  of  William  IV.,  he  retired  from  Court 
and  went  to  Constantinople. 

Barnewall,  Richard  Vaughan,  Esq. 

A  barrister  of  the  Temple.  A  very  pleasant 
and  gentlemanly  man,  whom  I  used  to  meet  a 
good  deal  at  R.  Price's. 

Bartley,  George,  Esq. 

An  excellent  actor  and  respectable  man,  whose 
situation  for  many  years  as  stage  manager  of 
Covent  Garden  enabled  him  to  lay  by  a  hand- 
some independence.  He  was  not,  however, 
very  popular  with  the  profession,  many  of  whom 
thought  he  played  a  double  part  between  them 
and  the  management.  This  gave  occasion  for 
a  joke  of  Keeley's,  who  on  a  person  remarking 
Bartley  passing  the  window,  and  saying 
"  There  goes  Georgium,  but  not  Georgium 
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Sidus,"  replied,  "Yes  it  is— Georgium  Any- 
side-us."  Bartley  was  originally  second  waiter 
at  an  hotel  in  Bath,  when  Neal,  who  afterwards 
kept  the  Plough  at  Cheltenham,  was  head 
waiter.  He  subsequently  married  Miss  Smith, 
a  very  good  tragic  actress,  who  in  her  day  was 
thought  the  best  tragedian  after  Mrs.  Siddons, 
whom  she  resembled  somewhat  in  the  cast  of 
her  features.  She  was  a  great  friend  of  Mrs. 
Roberts,  of  St.  Paul's  School,  and  when  I  was 
head  boy  there,  gave  me  some  hints  as  to 
speaking  my  farewell  speech.  Many  years 
afterwards,  in  allusion  to  my  performance,  she 
told  me  that  had  I  gone  on  the  stage  I  should 
have  made  "  a  very  complete  villain."  Bartley, 
perhaps  from  his  situation  as  stage  manager, 
was  not  a  general  favourite  with  the  profession  : 
they  thought  him  too  time-sei-ving.  "  There 
goes  Georgium,"  said  one  of  them  one  day  as 
he  passed  the  window.  "  Yes,"  said  another, 
but  not  "Georgium  Sidus."  "Yes,"  said 
Keeley,  "  Georgium  Any-sidus." 

Beauchamp,  The  Earl  ot 

Elected  a  Committee  man  in  1835. 
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Beazley,  Samuel,  Esq. 

The  architect ;  one  of  the  most  good-humoured, 
Hvely  companions  in  tl:ie  world.  He  was  the 
only  bearable  punster  I  ever  knew,  except 
Peake.  Both  his  marriages  were  unfortunate. 
From  his  first  wife  he  was  separated  by  a 
Scotch  divorce,  though  having  been  married  in 
England  some  doubts  were  entertained  as  to 
the  legality  of  it.  He  afterwards  ran  away 
with  Miss  Const,  natural  daughter  of  the 
Chairman  of  the  Middlesex  Sessions,  who  in 
her  turn  ran  away  from  him  to  her  father, 
and  procured  a  divorce  on  the  ground  of  im- 
potency.  She  afterwards  ran  away  again  from 
her  father  with  young  Arnold,  son  to  Sam 
Arnold,  before  mentioned,  and  married  him.  I 
met  her  once  with  Beazley  at  Hawes's,  when 
I  never  saw  a  man  more  attentive  to  his  wife 
than  he  was,  but  the  lady  seemed  to  receive 
it  all  most  ungraciously.  This  was  about 
three  years  before  their  separation,  which 
took  place  circiter  1833.  Beazley  was  one 
of  those  who  went  up  in  the  Royal  Balloon 
in  1837. 


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Bedford,  George,  Esq. 

One  of  the  Vintners'  Company,  of  which  he 
came  on  the  Court  just  before  I  was  elected 
Chaplain,  and  I  have  reason  to  believe  gave  me 
a  vote  on  that  occasion.  He  was  a  wealthy 
man  and  a  solicitor  in  Bedford  Row.  His 
brother,  who  was  a  proctor  and  a  parishioner  of 
mine,  was  carried  off  by  the  cholera  after  a 
few  hours'  illness  while  the  Vintner's  Company, 
of  which  Bedford  was  then  Swan  Warden, 
were  on  their  swan-hopping  expedition  up  the 
Thames  in  September  1834,  and  when  poor 
Mr.  Smith,  the  late  Master  of  the  Company, 
caught  the  same  complaint  while  with  them 
and  died  of  it.  Bedford  was  a  great  friend  of 
Beazley's,  at  whose  instance  he  joined  the  Club, 
but  retired  from  it  in  1834. 

Beloe,  William  Rix,  Esq. 

Elected  on  the  Committee,  1834.  He  was  the 
son  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Beloe,  of  the  British 
Museum,  and  brother  to  Charles  Beloe,  Secre- 
tary to  the  Alfred.  In  1834,  while  preparing 
for  a  day's  pheasant  shooting  at  the  country 
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house  of  Cartwright  the  dentist,  and  drying  his 
gunpowder,  an  officious  servant  with  a  candle 
ignited  it  and  blew  him  up,  in  consequence  ot 
which  he  was  obliged  to  submit  to  the  amputa- 
tion of  his  right  arm. 

Bentley,  Richard,  Esq. 

The  publisher,  partner  and  afterwards  successor 
to  Colburn,  in  New  Burlington  Street.  He  was 
an  old  schoolfellow  of  mine  at  St.  Paul's  School, 
as  well  as  two  of  his  brothers.  In  1834  he 
retired  from  the  Club,  but  repenting  afterwards 
I  got  his  name  reinstated  in  1835.  In  January 
1837  he  started  his  Miscellany,  with  Charles 
Dickens  (B02),  the  author  of  the  "  Pickwick 
Papers,"  for  his  editor,  to  which  I  was  one  of 
the  first  contributors  under  the  signature  of 
Tom  Ingoldsby. 

Bidwell,  Woodward,  Esq. 

A  gentlemanly,  good-humoured  man,  but  ultra 
Tory   in   his   politics,    which   he   was   always 
talking  about.     The   failure  of  the   house   of 
Alexander,  at  Calcutta,  which  ruined  so  many 
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deprived  him  also  of  a  handsome  fortune,  and 
he  afterwards  retired  to  the  Continent  to 
economise,  but  returned  in  1836  and  rejoined 
the  Club. 


Blackmore,  Robert,  Esq. 

Anattorney  in  Henrietta  Street,  Covent  Garden. 
I  first  knew  him  as  a  member  of  the  Committee 
of  the  Literary  Fund.  A  most  respectable  and 
right-thinking,  but  neither  very  gentlemanly 
nor  a  very  pleasant  companion.  Very  fond  of 
playing  the  orator.  He  afterwards  purchased  a 
situation  in  the  band  of  Gentlemen  Pensioners, 
and  looked  in  his  uniform  something  between 
a  general  officer  and  a  general  postman. 

Blood,  Michael,  Esq. 

A  surgeon  of  Mount  Street,  Grosvenor  Square, 
and  one  of  the  sweetest  as  well  as  most  scien- 
tific amateur  singers  I  ever  heard  ;  in  ballad 
singing,  especially  in  the  pathetic  style,  I  never 
heard  his  equal.  He  was  an  Irishman,  and  early 
in  life  was  on  the  point  of  eloping  with  Miss 
Paton,  previous  to  her  connection  with  Lord 
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William  Lennox,  but  the  plan  was  disconcerted 
by  old  Paton  stopping  the  lady  on  the  stairs. 
Blood  afterwards  married  Miss  Dance,  niece  to 
Sir  Nathaniel  Dance,  herself  an  excellent  singer 
and  a  prima  donna  at  one  of  the  Theatres  Royal. 
He  then  settled  with  her  at  Bath  as  a  surgeon, 
but  failed  in  his  profession  then,  and  coming  to 
town  plaj^ed  at  the  Haymarket  Theatre  the 
first  singing  parts  under  the  name  of  Davis. 
He  did  not,  however,  succeed  as  an  actor, 
though  his  person  was  fine  and  his  face  a  hand- 
some one  for  the  stage.  In  private  life  he  was 
a  very  gentlemanly,  well-behaved  man,  and 
having  resumed  his  original  profession,  got  into 
a  very  genteel,  if  not  a  very  profitable,  practice 
in  Audley  Street,  Grosvenor  Square. 

Braham,  John,  Esq. 

The  celebrated  singer.  He  realised  a  very 
large  fortune,  partly  by  his  professional  exer- 
tions, but  principally  through  his  Jewish  con- 
nections, the  Goldsmiths,  who  always  gave  him 
shares  in  the  loans,  &c.  In  1834  he  bought 
the  Colosseum  in  the  Regent's  Park,  and  in 
1835    built   a   theatre   adjoining  Almack's,  of 

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which  Beazley  was  the  architect.  When  Stephen 
Price  was  manager  of  Drury  Lane,  I  more 
than  once  met  Braham  at  his  house,  and  once 
had  nearly  offended  him  by  a  villainous  pun. 
He  had  drank  too  much  and  began  boasting  of 
his  amorous  successes.  "  I  must  be  candid," 
said  he,  "  I  am  always  hunting  the  girls."  "  No 
wonder  you  have  so  fine  a  voice,  as  by  j'our 
own  account  you  are  candied  horchound  per- 
sonified." 

Bredel,  Charles,  Esq. 

A  wine  merchant,  or  rather  wine  broker,  in  the 
city. 

Broadwood,  Henry,  Esq. 

A  member  of  the  Committee  and  a  man  of 
large  fortune.  He  had  in  keeping  a  Miss 
Sidney,  who  for  two  seasons  was  one  of  the 
stars  at  Vestris's  Theatre.  He  became  member 
for  Bridgwater  in  the  last  Parliament  ot 
William  IV.  and  the  first  of  Queen  Victoria, 
1837.  -^  remarkably  good-tempered,  gentle- 
manly man,  celebrated  for  the  excellence, 
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elegance,  and  taste  of  all  his  appointments. 
He  afterwards  became  a  partner  with  Rams- 
bottom,  the  member  for  Windsor,  in  an  immense 
brewing  concern  at  Knightsbridge. 

Bulwer,  Henry  Lytton,  Esq.,  M.P. 

Brother  to  the  author  of  "  Pelham "  and 
"  Eugene  Aram." 

Burdett,  Colonel 

Eldest  son  of  Sir  Francis  Burdett.  He  was  at 
Brasenose  with  me,  but  quite  a  freshman  when 
I  was  about  leaving,  and  I  knew  little  or  nothing 
of  him.  He  went  into  the  iQth  Hussars,  and 
was  one  of  the  "  elegant  extracts,"  as  they 
were  called,  drafted  into  different  regiments  for 
cutting  Colonel  Quentin. 

Calcraft,  Granby,  Esq.,  M.P. 

A  Lieutenant  in  the  Guards,  afterwards,  I 
believe,  exchanged  into  the  line.  He  married 
Miss  Love  the  actress,  but  it  is  said  was  never 
admitted  to  the  privileges  of  a  husband  by  his 
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wife,  who  very  soon  after  the  wedding  eloped 
with  Lord  Harborough,  by  whom  she  after- 
wards had  two  children,  and  was  pensioned  off 
on  the  noble  lord's  taking  into  his  protection 
one  of  Mrs.  Glover's  daughters. 

Capel,  John,  Esq.,  M.P. 

Sometime  M.P.  for  Queenborough,  a  stock- 
broker of  great  worth  as  well  as  fortune.  He 
was  on  the  Court  of  the  Vintners'  Company 
and  mainly  instrumental  in  getting  me  elected 
their  Chaplain.  Becoming  a  widower  late  in  life 
he  married  a  Miss  Putley,  the  friend  of  his 
deceased  wife,  which  occasioned  a  good  deal  of 
Stock  Exchange  waggery,  not  all  of  it  of  the 
most  delicate  description  ;  some  of  the  epigrams 
written  on  the  occasion  had  point  enough,  but 
they  will  not  bear  recording. 

Carlton,  The  Hon.  R. 

A  clergyman,  and  apparently  half  crazy. 

Cartwrlght,  Samuel,  Esq. 

The  dentist.  He  lived  in  Burlington  Street, 
and  was  celebrated  for  giving  the  best  dinners 

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in  town.  I  dined  with  him  there  in  1837, 
meeting  Captain  and  Mrs.  Newbury,  Savoury, 
Salomons  and  his  wife,  and  a  large  party.  A 
very  splendid  dinner. 

Cattermole,  George,  Esq. 
The  artist. 

Cleggatt,  Horace,  Esq. 

Many  years  the  favoured  cher  ami  of  Madame 
Vestris.  He  retired  to  the  Continent  in  1834 
on  account  of  his  embarrassed  circumstances 
and  was  outlawed.  Afterwards  married  Miss 
Day,  the  rich  blacking  manufacturer's  daughter. 

Clarke,  Thomas,  Esq.,  F.S.A. 

A  member  of  the  Committee,  and  one  of  the 
most  eminent  solicitors  in  London.  His 
offices  and  town  house  were  in  Craven  Street, 
his  country  house  at  Highgate.  A  remarkably 
pleasant,  good-tempered,  gentlemanly  man,  and 
one  much  esteemed.  He  was  intimate  with  the 
Berkeleys,  some  of  whom  he  introduced  into 
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the  Club,  being  the  family  solicitor.  Quitted 
the  Club  in  the  Spring  of  1838,  when  Lord 
Tenterden  was  elected  a  member  of  Com- 
mittee in  his  room. 


Clint,  George,  Esq.,  A.R.A. 

The  artist.  Some  fine  paintings  of  his  were 
purchased  by  the  Club  in  the  Matthews  collec- 
tion and  now  adorn  its  walls. 


Collier,  John  Payne,  Esq.,  F.S.A. 

Librarian  to  the  Duke  of  Devonshire ;  author 
of  a  history  of  the  early  English  stage,  and 
dramatic  critic  to  the  Observer  and  Morning 
Chronicle  newspapers. 

Conyngham,  Lord  Albert,  M.P. 

Second  son  to  the  late  Marquis  of  Conyngham, 
M.P.  for  Canterbury.  He  took  to  the  gaming- 
table, and  in  1837  was  said  to  be  ;^83,ooo  in 
debt,  ;^8ooo  of  which  he  had  lost  to  George 
Payne. 

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Cooke,  Thomas,  Esq. 

The  musical  leader  and  composer,  and  one  of 
the  most  facetious  of  his  fraternity. 

Cooke,  Grattan 

Son  of  the  above,  a  good  musician  and  one  of 
the  best  swimmers  in  England. 

Cooke,  T.  P. 

The  best  performer  of  sailor's  characters  since 
the  days  of  Jack  Bannister;  in  private  life  a 
very  gentlemanly,  modest  man.  He  had  in 
early  life  served  as  Lieutenant  in  the  Royal 
Navy,  and  has  a  brother  in  very  respectable 
practice  as  a  surgeon  at  Lambeth, 

Coulson,  Walter,  Esq.,  Barrister 

A  Chancery  barrister  and  intimate  friend  of 
Brougham's,  who,  when  Lord  Chancellor,  em- 
ployed him  in  drawing  up  many  of  his  Bills  for 
Parliament.  He  was  the  original  editor  of  the 
Globe  and  Traveller,  which  situation  he  continued 
to  fill  till  a  change  of  politics  leading  the  proprie- 

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tors  of  that  journal  to  take  a  more  radical  turn 
than  suited  his  principles  and  to  abuse  his 
great  friend  he  resigned.  His  brother,  William 
Coulson,  was  an  eminent  surgeon,  first  of 
Charterhouse  Square,  then  of  Frederick's 
Place. 

Coventry,  Earl  of 

Once  the  notorious  Lord  Deerhurst.  I  never 
saw  him  in  the  Club. 

Crole,  The  Rev.  W. 

He  left  the  Club  on  his  marriage  in  1838. 

Crombie,  Lewis,  Esq. 

Of  Suffolk  Street,  attorney,  afterwards  of 
Aberdeen,  where  by  the  death  of  his  uncle  he 
succeeded  to  a  very  large  business  and  im- 
mense property.  He  was  the  son  of  Dr. 
Crombie,  a  celebrated  schoolmaster  at  Green- 
wich, and  before  he  went  to  Scotland  started 
several  newspapers  and  publications  of  different 
descriptions,  among  which  were  the  National 
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Omnibus  and  The  Intelligence,  a  Sunday  paper. 
Crombie  was  always  an  excellent  friend  of 
mine,  and  used  to  send  me  whisky  and  cheese 
from  Scotland.  He  was  also  a  great  friend  to 
the  Club,  making  it  a  present  of  his  collection 
of  all  the  theatrical  pieces  published  between 
1800  and  1835  which,  together  with  others  of 
an  earlier  date  included  in  the  gift,  had  cost 
him  nearly  ^^200.  They  are  kept  in  a  press  by 
themselves. 


Curtis,  Sir  William,  Bart. 

Resigned  his  situation  in  the  Club  because 
they  gave  a  dinner  to  their  President,  Lord 
Mulgrave,  which  he  absurdly  enough  chose 
to  consider  a  political  demonstration,  whereas 
if  there  be  any  politics  at  all  in  it,  they  tend 
much  more  to  ultra  Toryism  than  Whiggery. 

Darby,  Elde,  Esq. 

The  brother-in-law  of  Lord  Allen,  with  whom, 
however,  he  was  at  feud.  It  was  a  common 
remark  in  the  Club  that  Darby  could  not  be 
five  minutes  in  the  room  without  talking  about 
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at  least  as  many  lords,  especially  Lords  Thanet 
and  Lowther.  He  was  much  abused  by  the 
Satirisi  newspaper  and  taxed  with  having  been 
a  Government  spy  receiving  douceurs  from 
both  parties.  Darby  was  educated  at  the 
Charterhouse  and  was  avowedly  a  man  of 
profligate  habits.  Thackeray  and  Frederick 
White  were  in  the  habit  of  caricaturing  him. 
He  had  lived  long  in  France  and  in  conversa- 
tion frequently  affected  to  have  forgotten  his 
English.     A  very  mild,  well-mannered  man. 

Dawkins,  John,  Esq. 

Major  Dawkins,  of  whom  Stephen  Price  once 
said  he  was  the  only  amateur  actor  he  ever 
saw  who  was  worth  a  salary,  but  that  ne 
would  have  given  him  thirty  shillings  a  week. 

De  Roos,  Lord 

A  man  much  liked  and  very  popular,  but  being 
convicted  of  cheating  at  whist  and  marking  the 
cards  got  out  of  society.  Lord  Chesterfield 
saying  after  the  trial  that  he  had  called  upon 
him  nevertheless  and  left  his  card,  "  Did  he 
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mark  it  ?  "  asked  Hook.  "  No  !  "  said  my  Lord 
fiercely.  "  Of  course  not,"  said  Poole,  "  he  did 
not  consider  it  an  honour." 

De  Trueba  Cosio,  Don  Telesforo 

An  excellent  high-spirited  fine  Old  Castilian, 
the  very  soul  of  honour  and  good-humoured  to 
a  fault.  He  fled  from  Spain  for  his  political 
opinions,  having  seen  his  father  and  brothers 
and  sisters  butchered  before  his  eyes.  He 
was  the  author  of  several  plays  and  novels,  all 
of  which  succeeded  and  showed  talent.  In 
1834  he  returned  to  Spain  and  was  for  a  time 
Secretary  to  the  Cortes,  of  which  he  was  a 
member ;  but  his  party,  that  of  Martines  de  las 
Rosas,  losing  their  short-lived  power,  he  went 
to  Paris  on  his  way  back  to  England  and  died 
there  in  1835. 

Dillon,  Hon.  Arthur 

A  good-natured,  half  crazy   Irishman.     Spent 
the  winter  of  1834  and    summer   of  1835    in 
Iceland,    of  which   he    used    to   give   a   very 
amusing  account  on  his  return. 
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Douro,  The  Marquess  of 
Eldest  son  of  the  Duke  of  Wellington. 


Douglas,  Joseph,  Esq.,  Barrister 

A  member  of  the  Committee  and  a  very 
gentlemanly  man,  but  fond  of  his  bottle.  Used 
to  go  the  Northern  Circuit  and  sing  Northern 
songs — after  a  fashion. 


Drummond,  A.  Mortimer,  Esq. 
The  banker. 


Duncan,  James,  Esq. 

Bookseller  and  publisher,  of  Paternoster  Row ; 
originally,  I  believe,  a  foreman  of  John  Murray's, 
whom  I  first  met  at  his  house  in  Hunter 
Street.  He  became  in  1835  a  principal  share- 
holder in  the  Morning  Chronicle.  A  parish- 
ioner of  mine,  and  with  me  on  the  Com- 
mittee of  the  Literary  Fund. 
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Duncombe,  Thomas  S.,  Esq.,  M.P. 

Feb.  15,  1833.  Mr.  Duncombe  was  behind  the 
scenes  at  Drury  Lane  Theatre  when  Mr.  West- 
macott,  the  proprietor  of  the  Age,  Sunday  paper, 
came  up  to  him  and  asked  him  how  he  did. 
"  I  am  surprised,  sir,  that  you  should  think  of 
addressing  me  when  you  are  abusing  me 
constantly  in  your  paper,  and  I  desire  that 
when  you  do  speak  to  me  you  will  take  off 
your  hat,"  at  the  same  time  he  himself  removed 
W.'s  hat  from  his  head  and  threw  it  on  the 
ground.  W.  drew  off  his  gloves,  on  which 
D.  clenched  his  fists  and  struck  him  twice 
on  the  face,  when  the  persons  present  inter- 
fered and  separated  the  parties.  Captain 
Polhill  came  up  and  words  passed  between 
him  and  Duncombe  on  the  impropriety  of 
the  theatre  being  made  the  scene  of  his 
quarrels,  and  an  information  was  lodged  at 
Bow  Street  that  the  parties  were  about  to 
fight  a  duel,  but  a  reconciliation  took  place 
on  Mr.  D's  apologising  handsomely  to  Captain 
P.  on  the  ground  that  the  suddenness  of  Mr. 
W's  appearance  before  him  took  him  by 
surprise  and  made  him  forget  for  the  moment 
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where  he  was.  On  calling  at  the  Garrick 
the  next  morning  Duncombe  was  publicly 
thanked  by  Matthews,  Planche,  and  some 
others  for  having  thrashed  his  opponent. 

Dunn,  William,  Esq. 
Treasurer  of  Drury  Lane  Theatre. 

Durrant,  John  Rowland,  Esq. 

A  stockbroker  on  'Change  and  one  of  the 
kindest  and  most  upright  men  I  ever  met  with. 
He  rose  from  a  low  origin  to  great  wealth, 
which  he  made  principally  by  sales  of  omnium 
during  the  war.  In  early  life  he  was  an 
amateur  actor  and  was  always  passionately 
fond  of  the  drama,  having  a  private  box  of 
his  own  at  Drury  Lane.  When  the  Club 
decided  on  purchasing  the  Matthews  Gallery 
he  advanced  the  money — viz.,  ;^iooo. 

Duruset,  John  B.,  Esq. 

Said   to   be   a   natural   son  of   the  late  Duke 
of    Devonshire,    to   whom    his    parents   were 
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gatekeepers.  He  bore  a  very  strong  personal 
resemblance  to  the  present  Duke,  who  patron- 
ised him  in  the  outset.  A  very  gentlemanly, 
well-behaved  and  modest  man  and  a  good 
musician. 

Ellis,  Charles,  Esq. 

A  half  mad  attorney,  who  was  constantly  drunk 
and  as  constantly  quarrelsome,  though  very 
good-natured  during  his  few  intervals  of 
sobriety.     He  failed  in  business  in  1835. 

Ellis,  Welbore,  Esq. 

A  stockbroker  and  an  old  schoolfellow  of 
mine  at  St.  Paul's. 

Erroll,  Earl  of 

Son-in-law  to  the  King  and  hereditary  High 
Steward  of  Scotland. 

Fallofield,  The  Rev.  William 

Curate  of  St.  Pancras   and  a  member  of  the 
Committee    of    the    Literary    Fund.     Retired 
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from  the  Club  on  his  marriage  with  Miss 
Boaden,  daughter  of  Boaden  the  dramatist. 

Fancourt,  Major,  M.P. 

A  man  about  town,  a  great  friend  of  Tom 
Buncombe's,  and  like  him  always  in  diffi- 
culties. He  got  a  cheque  for  ;^40  changed  one 
day  at  the  Club  which  was  dishonoured,  and 
it  was  above  three  months  before  the  money 
was  paid.  I  never  saw  him  in  the  Club 
afterwards. 


Farley,  Charles,  Esq. 
The  actor. 

Fawcett,  J. 

The  celebrated  actor.  He  was  admitted  an 
honorary  in  consequence  of  his  rank  in  the 
profession  and  indifferent  circumstances. 

Flower,  William,  Esq. 

A  magistrate  for  the  county  of  Middlesex. 
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Fladgate,  Francis,  Esq.,  Barrister 

One  of  the  most  polished  gentlemen  and  good- 
natured  persons  I  ever  met.  His  father,  an 
attorney  in  Essex  Street,  left  him  nearly 
;^6o,000,  much  of  which,  however,  his  hospitable 
and  generous  disposition,  which  made  him  the 
dupe  of  designing  men,  occasioned  him  to  lose. 
He  lived  at  Brompton,  and  was  one  of  the  most 
popular  members  of  the  Club  and  a  Committee 
man. 

Foster,  John 

A  low  scribbler,  without  an  atom  of  talent  and 
totally  unused  to  the  society  of  gentlemen.  He 
narrowly  escaped  expulsion,  from  publishing 
an  account  of  a  dinner  at  the  Garrick  in  a 
newspaper  to  which  he  was  a  reporter.  The 
Committee  wrote  him  a  letter  on  the  occasion 
expressive  of  their  disgust,  which  would  have 
caused  any  other  man  to  retire.  About  a  year 
after  he  got  beastly  drunk  at  the  anniversary 
Club  dinner,  and  was  sick  in  Sergeant 
Talfourd's  pocket.  Tom  Duncombe  got  drunk 
at  the  same  time,  but  behaved  so  differently 
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that  Poole  obsen'ed  one  was  tlie  real  gentleman 
drunk,  the  other  the  "  spevvrious  "  gentleman 
drunk.  He  became  subsequently  a  sort  of 
toady  to  Sergeant  Talfourd  and  Macrcady,  and 
wrote  the  theatrical  criticisms  in  the  Examiner. 
Poole  gave  an  admirable  caricature  of  him  in 
"  Little  Pedlington  "  in  Colburne's  New  Monthly 
Magazine,  1837. 


Gaspey,  Thomas,  Esq. 

Proprietor  and  editor  of  the  Sunday  Times 
newspaper.  A  low-bred,  vulgar  man  brought 
in  by  Jerdan. 

Goodriche,  Sir  Harry,  Bart. 

Died  without  having  paid  his  subscription, 
which  his  successor  and  executor,  Hollyoke,  to 
whom  he  left  y:20,ooo  a  year,  though  a  stranger 
in  blood,  refused  to  discharge,  and  suffered 
his  benefactor's  name  to  be  posted  in  the  Club 
room  as  a  defaulter  to  the  amount  of  six 
guineas.  This  gentleman  was  afterwards 
brought  in  as  a  member  himself  by  Mills. 


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Gordon,  Robert,  Esq.,  M.P. 
Commonly  B — m  Gordon. 

Gower,  Lord  Francis  Leveson 

Afterwards  Lord  Francis  Egerton,  author  of 
"  Catherine  of  Cleves,"  &c.  He  took  the  chair 
at  the  dinner  given  by  the  Club  at  the  Albion 
Tavern  to  Charles  Kemble  on  his  retiring 
from  the  stage. 

Graham,  Marquess  of,  M.P. 
Eldest  son  of  the  Duke  of  Montrose. 

Greaves,  Lord 

A  pauper  peer ;  went  to  reside  on  the  Continent 
when  he  had  contracted  a  discreditable  mar- 
riage. He  was  the  son  of  poor  Lord  Greaves, 
who  cut  his  throat  in  consequence  of  his  wife's 
intriguing  with  the  Duke  of  Cumberland.  I 
used  to  meet  both  father  and  son  at  Sir  Andrew 
Barnard's  and  at  Lord  William  Lennox's.  The 
son  was  then  a  Captain  in  the  Guards  and  was 
known  by  the  sobriquet  of  Tommy  Tomb- 
stones. 

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Grieve,  Thomas,  Esq. 
The  artist. 

Gronow,  Captain,  M.P. 
The  celebrated  duellist. 

Gye,  Frederick,  Esq. 

Proprietor  of  Vauxhall  Gardens. 

Hardwick,  John,  Esq.,  D.C.L. 

The  magistrate,  brother  of  Philip  Hardwick, 
the  architect,  who  built  the  St.  Catharine's 
Docks. 

Harley,  John  P.,  Esq. 

The  comedian.  A  very  respectable  man  in 
private  life,  of  quiet,  gentlemanly  manner,  and 
possessed  of  a  handsome  fortune.  I  first  knew 
him  in  the  outset  of  his  theatrical  career  at 
Canterbury  circiter  1806,  when  he  played  second 
to  a  low  vulgar  buffoon  of  the  name  of  Lund. 
Harley,  father,  was  a  shopkeeper  in  Sidney's 
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Alley,  Leicester  Square.  He  is  a  bachelor,  and 
supports  his  mother  and  sister  in  affluence  and 
comfort. 


Harrison,  Henry,  Esq. 

The  architect. 

Hawes,  William,  Esq. 

The  musician.  Almoner  of  St.  Paul's  and 
Gentleman  of  the  Chapel  Royal.  He  joined 
the  Club  at  its  first  formation,  but  retired  almost 
immediately. 

Hayward,  A.,  Esq.,  Barrister 

The  author  of  the  translation  of  Goethe's 
"  Faust,"  and  one  of  the  principal  writers  in  the 
Quarterly;  Editor  of  the  Law  Magazine.  A 
Committee  man. 

Hill,  Thomas,  Esq. 

Better  known  as  Tom  Hill.  The  original  of 
Paul  Pry. 

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Hobhouse,  Sir  John  Cam,  Bart,  M.P. 

For  Westminster,  afterwards  Secretary  of 
State. 

Hoffman,  James,  Esq.,  F.S.A. 
The  confectioner. 

Hook,  Theodore  E.,  Esq. 

The  celebrated  wit,  and  editor  of  the  Jo/in  Bull 
paper,  New  Monthly  Magazine,  &c.  &c. 

Jerdan,  William,  Esq.,  F.S.A.,  M.R.S.L. 
Editor  of  the  Literary  Gazette. 

Jones,  Richard,  Esq. 

Of  Covent  Garden  Theatre.  A  very  gentle- 
manly man.  He  realised  a  handsome  com- 
petency, and,  retiring  from  the  stage,  gave 
lessons  in  reading  and  oratory  to  clergymen 
and  others. 

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Keen,  Benjamin,  Esq.,  Barrister 

An  old  schoolfellow  of  mine  and  a  clever 
writer.  He  was  at  one  time  connected  with 
the  Morning  Chronicle  and  Globe,  but  after- 
wards had  a  good  practice  at  the  Chancery 
Bar. 

Kemble,  Charles,  Esq.,  F.S.A. 

The  celebrated  tragedian,  brother  of  John 
Philip  Kemble,  and  father  of  Fanny  Kemble, 
afterwards  Mrs.  Butler.  A  member  of  the 
Committee.  On  retiring  from  the  stage  he 
succeeded  George  Colman  as  Dramatic  Licenser, 
and  lived  in  Park  Place,  St.  James's,  in  very 
good  society,  where  I  often  dined  with  him. 

Knowles,  James  Sheridan,  Esq. 

The  author  and  actor.  He  was  admitted  an 
honorary  member  on  the  success  of  his  play 
"The  Hunchback." 

Laporte,  Peter  Francis,  Esq. 

Manager  of  the  Opera  House. 
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Lawrence,  Thomas,  Esq. 
Chief  Clerk  of  the  Post  Office. 

Lennox,  Lord  William,  M.P. 

Third  son  of  the  late  Duke  of  Richmond.  A 
Captain  in  the  Oxford  Blues,  but  sold  his  troop 
on  acknowledging  his  marriage  with  the  cele- 
brated Miss  Paton  ;  afterwards  M.P.  for  Lynn. 
He  was  divorced  in  Scotland  from  his  wife  in 
consequence  of  her  elopement  with  Mr.  Wood, 
the  singer,  to  whom  she  was  afterwards 
married. 

Linley,  William,  Esq. 

The  brother  of  the  beautiful  Mrs.  Sheridan. 
A  Committee  man.  Died  in  1834,  when  his 
decease  threw  a  general  damp  over  the  society. 

Longman,  Thomas,  jun.,  Esq. 

Of  the  firm  of  Longman,  Hurst,  Rees  and  Orme. 
A  very  gentlemanly  young  man.  Quitted 
the  Club  on  his  marriage  in  1838. 

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Lowdham,  Lewis  A.,  Esq. 
An  eminent  solicitor ;    died  1835. 

Macqueen,  Potter,  Esq.,  M.P. 
Member  for  Bedfordshire. 

Macready,  William,  Esq. 
The  tragedian. 

Mathews,  Charles,  Esq. 

The  inimitable  comic  actor;  died  1835,  when 
the  Club  purchased  for  ;^iooo  a  collection  of 
theatrical  pictures  which  had  cost  him  more 
than  four  times  the  amount.  Bentley  gave 
;^500  to  his  widow  for  materials  for  his  life, 
and  ;^500  to  Hook  to  edit  them,  but  the  latter 
afterwards  gave  up  his  part  of  the  bargain, 
and  Bentley  gave  Mrs.  M.  another  ;^  100  to  do 
it  herself  in  1838. 

Mathews,  Charles  James,  Esq. 

Son  to  the  foregoing.     One  of  the  proprietors 
of  the  Adelphi  Theatre,  which,  after  an  unsuc- 
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cessful  attempt  at  managing,  he  let  to  the 
Bonds  in  1835.  Married  Madame  Vcstris  and 
went  with  her  to  America  in  1838. 

Meadows,  Drinkwater,  Esq. 

The  comedian.  A  very  well-behaved,  modest 
and  agreeable  man  with  some  humour. 

Millington,  Alexander,  Esq. 
Died  in  1833  of  apoplexy. 

Mills,  Francis,  Esq. 

The  Founder  of  the  Club.  A  very  good- 
tempered  but  flighty  man.  Lived  in  Brooke 
Greville's  house  at  Parson's  Green,  where  Dick 
and  I  dined  with  him  in  1837,  meeting  Beazlcy, 
James  Smith  and  Hook. 

Mulgrave,  Earl  of 

President  of  the  Club.  In  1834  he  went  Lord- 
Lieutenant  to  Ireland,  having  previously  been 
Governor  of  Jamaica,  whence  he  sent  the  Club 
a  turtle. 

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THE    GARRICK   CLUB 

Murray,  John,  Esq. 

The  celebrated  bibliopole  ;  proprietor  of  the 
Quarterly  Review,  and  publisher  of  Byron's 
works. 

Osborne,  Frederick  K.,  Esq.,  Barrister 

A  very  disagreeable,  overbearing,  rude  man, 
and  generally  cut  on  the  Circuit.  Went  to 
India  in  1834. 

Peake,  Richard  Brinsley,  Esq. 

Treasurer  to  Mr.  Arnold's  theatre.  Author  of 
"  Frankenstein  "  and  numerous  other  dramatic 
works. 

Phipps,  Hon.  Edward 
Brother  to  the  President. 

Phipps,  Hon.  Charles 
Brother  to  the  President. 

Pickersgill,  Henry  William,  Esq.,  R.A. 

The  artist. 

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THE    GARRICK   CLUB 

Planche,  J.  R.,  Esq.,  F.S.A. 
The  dramatic  author. 

Polhill,  Frederick,  Esq.,  M.P. 

Lessee  of  Drury  Lane  Theatre,  by  which  specu- 
lation he  lost  upwards  of  ;!^45,cxx). 

Poole,  John,  Esq. 
Author  of  "  Paul  Pry  "  and  other  works. 

Powell,  John  Allen,  Esq. 

Commonly  called  Milan  Powell,  from  his  mission 
to  that  city  to  obtain  evidence  against  Queen 
Caroline. 

Power,  Tyrone,  Esq. 
The  comedian  and  author. 

Price,  Stephen,  Esq. 

Late  manager  of  Drury  Lane  Theatre. 
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THE   GARRICK   CLUB 

Price,  Richard,  Esq. 
A  barrister  and  member  of  the  Committee. 

Reynolds,  John  Hamilton,  Esq. 

An  old  schoolfellow  of  mine  at  St.  Paul's 
School ;  an  attorney  in  Golden  Square  ;  author 
of  "  Peter  Corcoran,"  and  many  other  anony- 
mous works  of  great  merit,  especially  of  a 
paper  on  Lady  Mary  W.  Montagu  in  Bentley's 
Miscellany  and  sundry  papers  in  the  Athencsum. 

Reynolds,  Frederick  Mansell,  Esq. 

Editor  of  one  of  the  annuals,  and  son  to 
Frederick  Reynolds  the  dramatist. 

Robertson,  Henry,  Esq.,  F.Z.S. 

Treasurer  under  the  Court  of  Chancery  to 
Covent  Garden  Theatre. 

Robins,  George  H.,  Esq. 

The  well-known  auctioneer. 
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THE   GARRICK    CLUB 

Rogers,  Samuel,  Esq. 
The  poet. 

Segrave,  Lord 
The  well-known  Colonel  Berkeley. 

Sheridan,  Francis,  Esq. 

Son  to  Tom  Sheridan  and  secretary  to  Lord 
Mulgrave. 

Sheridan,  Richard  Brinsley,  Esq. 

Son   to  Tom  Sheridan.     Ran  away  with   Miss 
Grant,  daughter  of  Sir  Colquhon  Grant. 

Smart,  Sir  George 
The  musical  composer ;  organist  to  the  King. 

Smith,  James,  Esq. 
One  of  the  authors  of  the  "  Rejected  Addresses." 


THE   GARRICK   CLUB 

Spottiswoode,  Andrew,  Esq.,  M.P. 
The  King's  printer. 

Stanhope,  The  Hon.  Lincoln 

Colonel  Stanhope,  brother  to  the  Earl  of 
Harrington.     On  the  Committee. 

Stanhope,  The  Hon.  and  Rev.  Fitzroy 
Brother  of  Lord  Harrington. 

Sutton,  Charles  Manners,  Esq. 
Son  of  Lord  Canterbury. 

Tenterden,  Lord 

Elected  a  Committee  man,  March  1838. 

Thynne,  Lord  Edward,  M.P. 

His  name  removed  from  the  Committee  and 
the  Club  in  consequence  of  his  conduct  in 
respect  to  his  bill  transactions  with  Tom  Dun- 
combe. 

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APPENDIX 

Arbouin,  James,  Esq. 
Archdeckne,  Walter,  Esq. 
Ascough,  Thomas,  Esq. 
Attwood,  William,  Esq. 
Aubin,  Thomas,  Esq. 
Bainbridge,  Edward,  Esq.,  M.P. 
Banner,  Robert,  Esq. 
Baring,  Henry,  jun.,  Esq. 
Baring,  James  Drummond,  Esq. 
Barker,  John  Piskard,  Esq.,  Barrister 
Beavan,  John  P.,  Esq. 
Belfast,  Earl  of 

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THE    GARRICK    CLUB 

Bentley,  Thomas  Forbes,  Esq. 

Berens,  Richard,  Esq. 

Berkeley,  Hon.  Grantley,  M.P. 

Bernal,  Charles,  Esq. 

Biddulph,  Middleton,  Esq.,  M.P. 

Bolton,  G.  H.,  Esq. 

Blackburne,  John,  Esq. 

Bridges,  Thomas,  Esq. 

Brudenell,  Lord,  M.P. 

Bruce,  Lord  Ernest,  M.P. 

Bulkeley,  Sir  Richard  Williams,  Bart.,  M.P. 

Byng,    Right    Hon.    Sir   J.,    Lieut.-Gen., 

G.C.B.,  G.C.H. 

Calcraft,  Cole,  Esq. 

Campbell,  Walter  F.,  Esq.,  M.P. 

Campbell,  James,  Esq. 

Cannon,  E.  B.,  Esq. 

Capron,  George,  Esq. 
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THE   GARRICK   CLUB 

Castlereagh,  Viscount 
Gates,  George,  Esq. 
Cavendish,  Hon.  Captain 
Cecil,  Lord  Thomas,  M.P. 
Challoner,  Colonel 
Charlton,  E.  L.,  Esq. 
Charteris,  William,  Esq. 
Chesterfield,  Earl  of 
Cholmeley,  J.  H.,  Esq.,  8th  Hussars 
Church,  W.  H.,  Esq. 
Clanricarde,  Marquess  of 
Clarke,  Joseph,  Esq. 
Clerk,  Sir  George,  Bart.,  M.P. 
Coles,  George,  Esq. 
Coles,  John,  Esq. 
Cooke,  Henry  M.  A.,  Esq. 
Corbett,    Vincent,    Esq.,     Royal    Horse 
Guards 

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THE   GARRICK    CLUB 
Cornwall,  F.  H.,  Esq. 
Corry,  James,  Esq. 
Cosby,    Thomas,    Esq.,    Royal    Horse 

Guards 

Cox,  John,  Esq. 

Cowper,  Hon.  W. 

Craven,  Augustus,  Esq. 

Crummelin,  —  Esq. 

Currie,  James,  Esq. 

Currie,  John,  Esq.,  M.P. 

Damer,  Hon.  G.  Dawson 

De  Burg,  Hubert,  Esq. 

Dent,  John,  Esq. 

Desborough,  W.,  Esq. 

Devonshire,  Duke  of,  K.G. 

Dickenson,  John,  Esq. 

Domett,  Nath.,  jun.,  Esq. 

Donovan,  James,  Esq. 
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THE   GARRICK    CLU  B 
D'Orsay,  Count 
Duppa,  B.  E.,  Esq. 
Durham,  Lord 
Edwardes,  Hon.  Captain 
Ellice,  Edward,  Esq.,  M.P. 
Errlngton,  Rowland,  Esq. 
Evelyn,  Lyndon,  Esq. 
Everett,  William,  Esq. 
Fane,  Hon.  Henry 
Fane,  R.  G.  Cecil,  Esq. 
Farquhar,  Sir  Thomas  H.,  Bart.,  M.P. 
Farrer,  William  Frederick,  Esq. 
Ferguson,  Robert  Cutler,  Esq.,  M.P. 
Fiennes,  Hon.  Twiselton 
Fife,  Earl  of,  K.S.F. 
Fitzclarence,  Lord  Adolphus 
Fitzharris,  Viscount 
Fitzherbert,  Charles,  Esq. 

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THE    GARRICK    CLUB 
Fitzherbert,  Thomas,  Esq. 
Fitzroy,  Hon.  Henry,  M.P. 
Fitzroy,  Lord  James,  M.P. 
Foley,  Samuel,  Esq. 
Fordwich,  Lord,  M.P. 
Forester,  Lord 
Eraser,  Hugh,  Esq. 
Eraser,  William,  Esq. 
Freeling,  Sir  Francis,  Bart. 
Fuller,  J.,  Esq. 
Gardner,  Lord 
Gerard,  Sir  John,  Bart. 
Gilbert,  William  John,  Esq. 
Gilmore,  John  L.,  Esq. 
Glengall,  Earl  of 
Goding,  James,  Esq. 
Grant,  Alexander,  Esq. 
Gresley,  Sir  Roger,  Bart. 
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THE   GARRICK   CLUB 

Greville,  Brooke,  Esq. 
Greville,  Henry,  Esq. 
Haddington,  Earl  of 
H alii  fax,  Thomas,  Esq. 
Hankey,  William,  Esq.,  9th  Lancers 
Hanrott,  Philip,  Esq. 
Hanson,  John,  Esq. 
Harcourt,  John  Simon,  Esq. 
Harrison,  Edward,  Esq. 
Harrison,  Thomas,  Esq. 
Harrison,  William,  Esq. 
Hawkins,  Lieut.-Colonel 
Hawkins,  George,  Esq. 
Hayter,  W.  G.,  Esq.,  Barrister 
Heathcote,  Francis,  Esq. 
Heming,  Dempster,  Esq. 
Herbert,  George,  Esq. 
Hill,  Lord  Arthur,  M.P. 
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THE   GARRICK    CLUB 

Hill,  Clement,  Esq.,  Royal  Horse  Guards 

Hinxeman,  John,  Esq. 

Hodgson,  Frederick,  Esq.,  M.P. 

Hope,  G.  W,,  Esq. 

James,  David,  Esq.,  Barrister 

JeiFereys,  St.  John,  Esq. 

Jones,  John,  Esq. 

Jones,  T.  W.,  Esq. 

Jourdan,  J.  A.,  Esq. 

Kemp,  Thomas  Read,  Esq.,  M.P. 

Kinnaird,  Lord 

Knight,  James  Lewis,  Esq.,  M.P. 

Lake,  William,  Esq. 

Lamb,  the  Right  Hon.  George,  M.P. 

Leary,  John  Frederick,  Esq. 

Leigh,  Chandos,  Esq. 

Lemon,  James,  Esq. 

Levy,  Samuel,  Esq. 
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THE   GARRICK   CLUB 
Lisbourne,  Lord 
Littledale,  Harold,  Esq 
Littledale,  Joseph,  Esq. 
Lloyd,  Charles,  Esq. 

Lowndes,  William  Loftus,  Esq.,  Barrister 
Lowther,  Lord,  M.P. 
Luxford,  J.,  Esq.,  ist  Royal  Dragoons 
Macdonald,  James,  Esq.,  ist  Life  Guards 
M'Donald,  Lord 
M'Gregor,  J.,  Esq. 
Macintosh,  George  E.,  Esq. 
Mackinlay,  Thomas,  Esq. 
Macleod,  J.  N.,  Esq. 
Maclew,  Andrew,  Esq. 
M'Mahon,  James,  Esq.,  Barrister 
Madox,  Tristram,  Esq. 
Martell,  Frederick,  Esq. 
Martin,  Lieutenant-Colonel 
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THE    GARRICK   CLUB 
Martyn,  Charles  Cecil,  Esq. 
Martyn,  F.  M,,  Esq.,  2nd  Life  Guards 
Matouchevitz,  Count 
Merrick,  William,  Esq. 
Metcalf,  Thomas,  Esq. 
Meyrick,  William,  Esq. 
Mickleam,  John,  Esq.,  9th  Lancers 
Mildmay,  Captain  George 

Mitford, ,  Esq. 

Moore,  Edward,  Esq. 
Motteux,  John,  Esq. 
Mountcharles,  Earl 
Murray,  T,  L.,  Esq. 
Nicholson,  George,  Esq. 
Norton,  Peter,  Esq. 
Oakley,  Benjamin,  Esq. 
Oakley,  Richard  R.,  Esq. 
Ogle,  Nathaniel,  Esq. 
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THE    GARRICK    CLUB 
Oliver,  Thomas,  Esq. 
Osborne,  Captain 
Ovey,  Richard,  jun.,  Esq. 
Palmer,  General  Sir  Charles,  M.P. 
Parke,  James,  Esq. 
Parkinson,  John,  Esq. 
Parkinson,  Joseph,  Esq. 
Parratt,  Edward,  Esq. 
Parratt,  Edward,  jun.,  Esq. 
Pemberton,  Thomas,  Esq.,  M.P. 
Pembroke,  Earl  of 
Perkins,  Henry,  Esq. 
Philipps,  Henry  John,  Esq. 
Pitt,  Hon.  H.,  Royal  Horse  Guards 
Portarlington,  Earl  of 
Ramsbotton,  John,  Esq.,  M.P. 
Ranelagh,  Viscount 
Raymond,  George,  Esq.,  Barrister 
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THE   GARRICK    CLUB 

Reade,  William,  Esq. 

Ricardo,  John,  Esq. 

Ricardo,  Lewis,  Esq. 

Richardson,  Edward,  Esq. 

Ridley,  the  Rev.  C. 

Roberts, ,  Esq. 

Robinson,  Sir  George,  Bart.,  M.P. 

Rokeby,  Lord 

Rolls,  J.  E.  W.,  Esq. 

Rooke,  Thomas,  Esq, 

Ross,  Horatio,  Esq.,  M.P. 

Rothschild,  Anthony,  Esq. 

Rothschild,  Nathaniel,  Esq. 

Rumbold,  C.  E.,  Esq.,  M.P. 

Russell,  Colonel,  M.P. 

Russell,  Lord  John,  M.P. 

Russell,  W.,  Esq.,  M.P. 

Salomons,  P.  J.,  Esq. 
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THE    GARRICK    CLUB 
Saltoun,  Lord 
Samuel,  George,  Esq. 
Savory,  Thomas  Field,  Esq. 
Scott,  Hon.  W.  H.  J. 
Shakespear,  Mathew,  Esq. 
Shawe,  Captain,  9th  Lancers 
Shelley,  John,  Esq. 
Shewell,  Frank,  Esq.,  8th  Hussars 
Shewell,  John,  Esq. 
Sitwell,  Hurt,  Esq. 
Smedley,  Henry,  Esq. 
Soane,  Sir  John,  R.A.,  F.R.S.,  F.A.S. 
Sola,  C.  M.,  Esq. 
Solomonson,  Samuel,  Esq. 
Somerville,  Sir  William,  Bart. 
Sowerby,  Colonel 
Stanley,  William  Massey,  Esq. 
Stanley,  William  Sloane,  Esq. 

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THE    GARRICK    CLU  B 
Steer,  George,  Esq.,  Barrister. 
Stephens,  Lyne,  Esq. 
Stonar,  Thomas,  Esq.,  M.P. 
Terrail,  John,  Esq. 
Thiselton,  Charles  J.,  Esq. 
Tomkyns,  Thomas,  Esq. 
Tomline,  William  Edward,  Esq.,  M.P. 


